41. Then Abimelek stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his clan out of Shechem.
42. The next day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and this was reported to Abimelek.
43. So he took his men, divided them into three companies and set an ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose to attack them.
44. Abimelek and the companies with him rushed forward to a position at the entrance of the city gate. Then two companies attacked those in the fields and struck them down.
45. All that day Abimelek pressed his attack against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he destroyed the city and scattered salt over it.
46. On hearing this, the citizens in the tower of Shechem went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.
47. When Abimelek heard that they had assembled there,